South Wales Echo

Refugee footballer set free

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REFUGEE footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi has been released from a Bangkok prison and is returning to Melbourne after Bahrain informed the Thai authoritie­s it no longer wanted to extradite him. The dramatic U-turn comes a week after a Thai judge sent Al-Araibi back to prison, giving his legal team 60 days to prepare their defence before the next stage in the extraditio­n process started.

 ??  ?? Bahraini Hakeem al-Araibi was granted refugee status in Australia in 2017
Bahraini Hakeem al-Araibi was granted refugee status in Australia in 2017

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